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94 HR Vendors Guide 2014 Employment Lawyers Directory Ronald S. Minken Minken Employment Lawyers Toronto (905) 477-7011 Ron heads Minken Employment Lawyers – a global award winning employment law boutique located in (Markham) York Region in the Greater Toronto Area. He is well-known by clients and the business community, locally, nationally and internationally, as a strategic negotiator and passionate proponent for employment law. He frequently speaks and presents authored works at business shows, corporate functions and professional development webinars and seminars, including HRPA, LSUC, OBA and OPD CLE. For well over 20 years, Ron has been providing strategic advice to businesses, individuals, human resource professionals and legal counsel on all aspects of employment law, including the hiring process, employment contracts, terminations, restrictive covenants, employment policies and procedure, accommodations issues, human rights applications and workplace investigations. Ron's persistence as a strategic negotiator has also earned him a reputation in mediating employment law cases. He obtained a Certificate in Mediation from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1998. The firm offers educational seminars and in-house training on employment law topics on request. For many years, Ron has been recognized as one of Canada's Top Employment Lawyers in Canadian HR Reporter's Canada's Employment Lawyers Directory. Brian D. Mulroney Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Toronto (416) 367-6009 Richard J. Nixon Davis LLP Toronto (416) 365-3521 Chris G. Paliare Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto (416) 646-4318 Janice B. Payne Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP Ottawa (613) 231-8245 Mary A. Porjes Porjes Employment Law Toronto (416) 601-0500 Connie Reeve Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Toronto (416) 863-2778 Ian J. Roland Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto (416) 646-4319 Linda R. Rothstein Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto (416) 646-4327 Janice P. Rubin Rubin Thomlinson LLP Toronto (416) 847-1814 Stuart E. Rudner Rudner MacDonald LLP First Canadian Place 100 King St. W., Suite 5600 Toronto, ON 1C9 M5X (647) 255-3100 srudner@rudnermacdonald.com www.rudnermacdonald.com Stuart is a founding partner of Rudner MacDonald LLP, a new boutique law firm specializing in Canadian employment law. Stuart provides senior counsel in all aspects of the employment relationship including policies and procedures, hiring, employment agreements, human rights issues, reducing labour costs, restrictive covenants, discipline and termination. He works with employees and employers, helping them to understand their legal rights and obligations and providing the strategic advice they need to pursue their goals. He is the founder and moderator of the Canadian HR Law Group on LinkedIn, which now counts more than 5,000 HR professionals, lawyers and business people as members. He enjoys an ever- increasing following for his prolific Twitter updates @CanadianHRlaw and blog posts — which prompted Klout (a website providing social media analytics to measure user influence) to recognize him as a "specialist." In addition, he is regularly called upon by the media to provide his expert opinion on employment law matters. A prolific communicator, Stuart's book You're Fired! Just Cause for Dismissal in Canada has received critical acclaim since its release in 2011. He has also contributed to four other employment law texts. Stuart enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience through teaching. He chairs and speaks at conferences frequently, including those offered by the Human Resources Professionals Association, Ontario Bar Association and Law Society of Upper Canada. He has been chair of the Osgoode Professional Development's Employment Law Update each year since its inception. He is also the founding program director of their HR Law for 2014 HRVG.indd 94 14-01-27 2:05 PM

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